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| 3.__Targeted technology resource funds.__For targeted technology | resource funds, the commissioner shall calculate one amount that | may be made available to the elementary school level and middle | school level and another amount that may be made available to the | high school level in accordance with the following. |
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| A. For fiscal year 2005-06, the commissioner shall establish | a per-pupil amount for targeted technology resource funds. |
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| B. For fiscal year 2006-07 and each subsequent year, the | commissioner shall recalculate the per-pupil amount by using | the amount calculated under paragraph A as a base and | appropriate trends in the Consumer Price Index or other | comparable index. |
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| | 4. Kindergarten to grade 2 funds.__For targeted kindergarten | to grade 2 funds, the commissioner shall calculate the amount | that may be made available to eligible school administrative | units as follows. |
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| A. For fiscal year 2005-06, the amount equals the product of | the per-pupil guarantee calculated pursuant to section 15676 | multiplied by the additional weight calculated pursuant to | section 15675, subsection 3. |
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| B.__For fiscal year 2006-07 and each subsequent year, the | commissioner shall recalculate the amount by using the | amount calculated under paragraph A as a base and | appropriate trends in the Consumer Price Index or other | comparable index. |
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| | 5.__Review; approval.__Beginning in fiscal year 2006-07, and | at least every 2 years thereafter, the commissioner, using | information provided by a statewide education policy research | institute, shall review the targeted amounts under this section | and shall submit any recommended changes to the state board for | approval. |
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| §15682.__Regional adjustment |
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| | The commissioner shall make a regional adjustment in the total | operating allocation for each school administrative unit | determined pursuant to section 15683.__The regional adjustment | must be based on the regional differences in teacher salary costs | within labor market areas in the State, as computed by a | statewide education policy research institute, and must be | applied only to appropriate teacher salary and benefits costs as | calculated under section 15678.__Beginning in fiscal year |
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